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kgfreeperson
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They have started to shun my JW wife!
by jwfacts inmy poor wife has been quite stressed knowing what to do with her life.
she has never been intellectually interested enough to study whether the wts is the truth, just went because it seemed the best way of life and her family and friends are in it.
when i stopped going she did not know what to do wanting to keep both me and the congregation happy, and becamed fairly irregular at meetings and field service.
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Two classes of Christians after all?
by Narkissos infirst, as i am just back online, happy new year to everyone!
totally unrelated to the above (or maybe not), it just occurred to me that the unscriptural wt doctrine of "two classes of christians" might have some faint pars veritatis after all as far as the nt is concerned.. of course it is not about "anointed or not," "two hopes," "heaven vs. earth".. yet several segments of early christianity did seem to allow for a huge difference in levels of requirement, vocation, or fate among believers.
on the one hand, the high and hard way of the apostles, disciples, missionaries, evangelists, martyrs; on the other hand, the minimal requirement of the rest.
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kgfreeperson
I've just finished Bart Ehrman's _Misquoting Jesus_ "The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why" which is fascinating and very readable. Of course, knowing very little about the bible or its history, I accept everything he says as truth. So I'm interested if any of you have read it and your assessment of his arguments.
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Ian's Birthday, Sunday, Dec. 18th - Please post a greeting!
by Alleymom indear ian ---
i am starting this thread a few hours before midnight my time so that you will find it waiting for you when you wake up.
happy birthday!!!
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kgfreeperson
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IAN!
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THE NEWS IS BIGGER THAN DATELINE, BBC, CBC, ETC.
by AndersonsInfo inif i told you that something bigger is on the horizon than dateline, bbc, cbc, sunday (australia), and all other tv programs which exposed the sexual child abuse cover-up by watchtower in 2002-2003, would you believe me?
have i ever misled you?
i'll answer that--no!
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kgfreeperson
While I would dearly love to see the Watch Tower dissolved, there are so many destructive high control religions out there that I wonder if bringing down the Watch Tower will really make much difference in the over all scheme of things. But we certainly can hope!
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Catalogue of Biblical Inconsistencies
by Scully in.
i'm going to print this out for my own reference.. http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/donald_morgan/inconsistencies.html
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kgfreeperson
I'm in the midst of Bart Ehrman's "Misquoting Jesus; the story behind who changed the Bible and why" which you may also find of interest.
BTW, thanks, leolala for the link to your earlier thread--I'd read it the first time around and enjoyed it as much the second time! -
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Rob Pollock - Sent to Engineering College by WTS?
by Seeker4 inin another topic on the recent education issue of the watchtower society, this question came up.
below is what i wrote on that topic.
i was wondering if anyone else remembered this?.
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kgfreeperson
Well, it seems all of a piece. Education is necessary, but only for those who can be trusted with it and only in areas needed by the WTS.
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W.T January 1, 2006
by Diogenes injust reading through the january 1st w.t 2006. the first study article (starting on page 20) "how firm is your trust in god?
" has another dig at higher education.. paragraph 7.
"anyone who does not trust firmly in jehovah might think differently.the majority of humans view material wealth as a major key to security.hence, parents have encouraged their offspring to invest much of their young adulthood in higher education, hoping that it will prepare them for well-paying careers.sadly some christian families have found the cost of such an investment to be very high, as their children have lost spiritual focus and turned to pursuing materialistic goals".
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kgfreeperson
It occurs to me that their message is less anti-education as it is anti-success and anti-personal responsibility. Their argument against education seems to be based on the idea (if you can call it that) the only reason for education is career success. So their argument is an argument for perpetual and abject poverty.
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9 years since i saw my jw son
by orbison11 inyes, 9 years.
we have chatted once and emailed a few times,,,,,, well last night he emailed me and wants to meet this weekend,,he is almost 25,,,. we are about an hours drive apart and will meet in the middle, i am so afraid to damage the meeting,,,i want so much for it to go well,,,, he is no longer a jw (thank goodness) and hasnt been for many years now if the other 3 would only come around.
wish me luck:).
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kgfreeperson
May your visit be all you hope for, Wendy!
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Unitarian Jihad
by misspeaches inhttp://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/ddg27bcflg1.dtl
it was sent to me at the chronicle via an anonymous spam remailer.
i have no idea whether other news organizations have received this communique, and, if so, why they have not chosen to print it.
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kgfreeperson
The author is Jon Carroll who writes a daily column in the San Francisco Chronicle. While I think he would be alarmed to find himself referred to as a "humorist," this article from the Unitarian Universalist site gives some background:
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New site: www.watchtowerwiki.org
by nicolaou inmany here will be familiar with wikipedia.org.
i took the same software and installed it at www.watchtowerwiki.org.
for those who are unfamiliar with wiki's the idea is very simple, anyone can add or edit any content at the site.
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kgfreeperson
Congratulations! It looks great!